A Myanmar appellate court upheld the convictions and seven-year prison sentences imposed on two Reuters journalists who had reported on abuses by Myanmar’s military against the Rohingya Muslim minority.

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How 2 Reuters journalists were jailed. Two Reuters journalists disappeared while investigating a massacre of Rohingya in Myanmar. CNN's Matt Rivers retells the dramatic story of Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo. >>

Imprisoned for exposing a massacre: Reuters journalists mark one year in prison. Journalists, activists and Myanmar civil society groups are calling for the immediate release of two Reuters reporters, exactly one year since they were arrested and later jailed for their work exposing a massacre of Rohingya Muslims by members of the military. >>

Jailed for exposing a massacre: Reuters journalists mark one year in Myanmar prison. Journalists, activists and Myanmar civil society groups are calling for the immediate release of two Reuters reporters, exactly one year since they were arrested and later jailed for their work exposing a massacre of Rohingya Muslims by members of the military. >>

Myanmar court rejects appeal of jailed journalists. A court in Myanmar on Friday rejected the appeal of two Reuters journalists convicted of violating the country's Official Secrets Act during their reporting on the country's crackdown on Rohingya Muslims, and maintained the seven-year prison terms they were sentenced to last year. >>

Myanmar forced Rohingya from their homes. Now it’s trying to make the exodus permanent.. A report shows how authorities are systematically making the Rohingya exodus irreversible. >>

Myanmar police shoot, injure four in raid on Rohingya camp: witness. Myanmar police shot and injured four Rohingya Muslims on Sunday, after detaining two men accused of smuggling people out of a camp for displaced people in western Rakhine state, a witness and police told Reuters. >>

No Excuse for Myanmar’s Treatment of the Rohingya. A plan to send the stateless Muslims back to Myanmar has been halted for now. But the cruelty and injustice endure. >>

Reuters journalists challenge conviction under Myanmar state secrets act. Judges are set to rule on the appeal of the Reuters journalists jailed for covering Burma’s Rohingya crisis. >>

Reuters reporters jailed in Myanmar lose appeal. Myanmar's High Court has rejected the appeals of two Reuters journalists imprisoned in Myanmar for breaking the Official Secrets Act while investigating a massacre of Rohingya Muslims. >>

These Rohingya refugees actually want to return to Myanmar. The difference is they're Hindus. In the world’s largest refugee camp, where 1.1 million Rohingya Muslim refugees reside, 105 families have been stranded — caught in a war that was not theirs. Unlike the rest of the refugees, these families are Rohingya Hindus — a small minority within a minority that had lived peacefully for generations... >>